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Old, New Banquet Hall by the Temple Mount

By Joseph PatrichShlomit Weksler-Bdolah
A banqueting complex was recently identified just beside the Temple Mount. Dating to the time of King Herod, it projects the splendor and comfort enjoyed by royal guests. With its two dining halls and a fountain room in between, this composite triclinium is probably the most splendid Herodian building that has survived the 70 C.E. Roman destruction of Jerusalem.
Biblical Archaeology Review, March/April 2017

Prize Find: An Incense Shovel from Bethsaida

By Rami AravRichard A. Freund
032 Slowly it emerged from the ground: a beautiful, 8-inch-long bronze incense shovel, the prize find of the 1996 excavations at Bethsaida, near the northeastern shore of the Sea of Galilee. The shovel lay in a first-century C.E. refuse pit. Just...
Biblical Archaeology Review, January/February 1997

Searching for Bethsaida: The Case for Et-Tell

By Rami Arav
For 30 years, archaeologists have been excavating et-Tell in the Lower Golan, east of the Jordan Rift Valley. See why they believe their site is biblical Bethsaida.
Biblical Archaeology Review, Spring 2020

Return to the Cave of Letters: What Still Lies Buried?

By Richard A. FreundRami Arav
025 A small shovel started it all. In the summer of 1996, at the excavation of the Galilee site of Bethsaida (which we codirect), we uncovered a small bronze incense shovel. Others like it were used in the imperial cult throughout the Roman...
Biblical Archaeology Review, January/February 2001

Bethsaida Rediscovered

Long-lost city found north of Galilee shore
By Rami AravRichard A. FreundJohn F. Shroder Jr.
044 Bethsaida is the town that disappeared. Soon after playing a prominent role in the Gospels—Bethsaida is mentioned more often in the New Testament than any city except Jerusalem and Capernaum—this fishing village on the Sea of Galilee simply...
Biblical Archaeology Review, January/February 2000

New Mosaic Art from Sepphoris

By Ehud NetzerZeev Weiss
037 BAR readers know Sepphoris well. In the BAR 14:01 issue the mosaic known as the Mona Lisa of the Galilee appeared on the cover and was the prize find of the 1987 season.a More recently, in the BAR 18:03 issue, Sepphoris was the chief exhibit...
Biblical Archaeology Review, November/December 1992

Hideouts in the Judean Wilderness

Jewish revolutionaries and Christian ascetics sought shelter and protection in cliffside caves
By Joseph Patrich
032 More than three decades have passed since archaeologists and Bedouin prowled the caves of the Judean wilderness in search of ancient manuscripts and other remains. What occasioned this frenzied search was the stunning but accidental finding...
Biblical Archaeology Review, September/October 1989

Uncovering Herod’s Seaside Palace

By Barbara BurrellKathryn L. GleasonEhud Netzer
050 The great port city of Caesarea was born out of the genius of one man: Herod the Great (c. 73–4 B.C.E.). This Idumean politician, with the support of the rulers at Rome, rose to become king of Judea. On the site of a dilapidated town, he...
Biblical Archaeology Review, May/June 1993

Excarnation: Food For Vultures

Unlocking the mysteries of Chalcolithic ossuaries
By Rami Arav
040 For nearly a century before the Romans destroyed the Temple in 70 C.E., Jews, especially in the Jerusalem area, would inter the bones of their deceased in stone boxes, or ossuaries, about 2 feet long and a foot high. The ossuary had to be...
Biblical Archaeology Review, November/December 2011

Searching for Herod’s Tomb

Somewhere in the desert palace-fortress at Herodium, Palestine’s master builder was buried
By Ehud Netzer
031 Dedicated to the memory of David Rosenfeld.a I had no idea of searching for Herod’s tomb when I began my archaeological work at Herodium. But I confess it has now become something of a minor obsession with me. Whether I will eventually...
Biblical Archaeology Review, May/June 1983

The Last Days and Hours at Masada

By Ehud Netzer
021 The last stand in the First Jewish Revolt against Rome took place on the nearly diamond-shaped mountaintop of Masada, site of a palace-fortress completed by Herod the Great (37–4 B.C.E.). Jewish Zealots who occupied Masada at the start of the...
Biblical Archaeology Review, November/December 1991

In Search of Herod’s Tomb

By Ehud Netzer
Josephus tells us that the site of Herodium was the final resting place of the skilled builder and hated king Herod the Great, but Josephus failed to identify the exact location of the tomb. For 35 years, Herod’s tomb eluded archaeologist Ehud Netzer. Finally in 2007 a ruined mausoleum and a smashed sarcophagus were uncovered, providing the long-sought answer. But excavations at Herod’s magnificent eponymous desert retreat have now revealed much more, including a royal theater box with colorful paintings.
Biblical Archaeology Review, January/February 2011

Debate: Where Was Herod’s Temple to Augustus?

Three sites vie for contention
By Andrea M. BerlinJ. Andrew OvermanJack OliveMichael NelsonEhud Netzer
Biblical Archaeology Review, September/October 2003

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